Adolescent Girls' Parasocial Interactions With Media Figures

We examined aspects of adolescent girls' parasocial interactions in the context of typical development. Parasocial interactions are defined as symbolic, one-sided quasi-interactions between a viewer and a media figure. In total, 107 adolescent girls were examined; 94% reported engaging in paras...

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Published inThe Journal of genetic psychology Vol. 171; no. 3; pp. 270 - 277
Main Authors Theran, Sally A., Newberg, Emily M., Gleason, Tracy R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia, PA Taylor & Francis Group 01.07.2010
Heldref Publications
Taylor & Francis
Taylor & Francis Inc
Subjects
Adolescent
Adolescent Development
Adolescents
Adults
attachment
Attachment Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Celebrities
Developmental psychology
Developmental Tasks
Emotions
Factor Analysis
Female
Females
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Grade 9
High School Students
Humans
Imagination
Individuation
Interpersonal Relations
Interpersonal Relationship
Life Style
Likert Scales
Motion Pictures
Object Attachment
parasocial interactions
Personality
Popular Culture
Projection
Psychology, Adolescent
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Reality Testing
relationships
Self Actualization
Self Concept
Social Behavior
Surveys and Questionnaires
Symbolism
United States (Northeast)
Human
Affect affectivity
adolescents
Social development
relationships
Social behavior
Affective attachment
attachment
Social interaction
parasocial interactions
Adolescent
Female
Interpersonal relation
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Summary:We examined aspects of adolescent girls' parasocial interactions in the context of typical development. Parasocial interactions are defined as symbolic, one-sided quasi-interactions between a viewer and a media figure. In total, 107 adolescent girls were examined; 94% reported engaging in parasocial interactions to some degree. Preoccupied attachment style predicted the degree of involvement in and emotional intensity of parasocial interactions. Results suggest that parasocial interactions are characteristic of girls with preoccupied attachment, but are also part of normative development.
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ISSN:0022-1325
1940-0896
DOI:10.1080/00221325.2010.483700